Housing Authority Of The City Of South West City

Housing Authority of the City of South West City, doing business as Southwest City Housing Authority, is a U.S. local government entity and public housing authority based in Clayton, Missouri, that receives federal formula grants from the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Public and Indian Housing Office to fund public housing operations, capital improvements, and modernization activities.

Southwest City Housing Authority operates exclusively as a federal grant recipient — not as a contractor or subcontractor — with a 100% customer concentration in HUD's Public and Indian Housing Office. The authority has received 41 federal grants spanning from 2006 through August 2026, with a combined obligation of $3.2 million. Recent grant activity includes a Public Housing Operating Fund award dated January 1, 2026 (ultimate completion December 31, 2032), a Public Housing Capital Fund award dated May 13, 2025 (ultimate completion May 12, 2029), and a Public Housing Capital Fund award dated April 1, 2026 for $141,606 (ultimate completion March 31, 2030). The authority uses these formula grants to fund day-to-day operational expenses, routine and preventative maintenance, anti-crime and security activities, energy costs, resident supportive services, debt service, and capital improvements including modernization, development, infrastructure upgrades, and facility enhancements within its public housing inventory in Southwest City, Missouri.

The authority's grant footprint spans two primary HUD programs. The Public Housing Operating Fund (CFDA 14.861) provides operating subsidies to help fund operational and maintenance expenses of public housing units and to maintain minimum operating reserves. The Public Housing Capital Fund (CFDA 14.872) provides formula-based grants for capital and management activities including modernization, development, and infrastructure improvements, with eligibility restricted to activities specified in the authority's approved five-year action plan or approved emergency work. Both programs are non-competitive formula allocations based on characteristics of the public housing inventory maintained in HUD's Information Management System.

Activity has remained flat — two awards per year in 2022 through 2025, increasing to three awards in 2026 — with two grants reaching ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months.